Orbital Cellularitis with Paranasal Mucormycosis.

Kim, Hwan Gyoo; Chung, Sung Kun; Chung, Sang Moon

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1990;31(6):807-811.
Published online June 1, 1990.

Orbital Cellularitis with Paranasal Mucormycosis.

Hwan Gyoo Kim, Sung Kun Chung, Sang Moon Chung

Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

부비동 모균증에 나타난 안와봉와직염

김환규(Hwan Gyoo Kim),정성근(Sung Kun Chung),정상문(Sang Moon Chung)

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a fungal disease in which normal saphrophytic molds produce an acute and often rapidly fatal infection. Patients with orbital mucormycosis commonly present with abrupt visual loss, orbital pain and facial hypoaethesia. In our case, mucormycosis was confirmed by histopathological examination and it was mainly treated with daily intravenous amphotericin B for 42 days. As medical treatment was successful, no orbital exenteration has been necessitated.

Key Words: Amphotericin B;Mucormycosis